Today, 1 September, 1944 at 17:00, the 1st Battalion rejoined the rest of the 313th Regiment. Now motorized, the Regiment moved through towns including Handaineville, Flaucourt to the banks of the Somme River. Tonight in cold rain, engineers are working to bridge the Somme.
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